Browsing Tag Shawn Porter
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An Open Letter To Keith Thurman
Hi Keith. Ralph Semien here, long time fight fan and a sincere admirer of your skills and accomplishments, both in and out of the ring. In particular, Keith, ...
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Explosive Potential: 147 Should Be Boxing’s Hottest Division
It was, until recently, the premier division in boxing, the weight class with the most elite-level talents and the most tantalizing match-ups to be made. Over the decades, ...
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Dreaming Of A Welterweight Super Series
On Saturday the World Boxing Super Series gives fight fans another exceptional match-up in George Groves vs Chris Eubank Jr. as both of their ongoing divisional tournaments move ...
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Crawford Defeats Indongo: Case Closed
As it was with the infamous knockout streak which defined Gennady Golovkin’s prime, the failure to revel in the present with Terence Crawford is tempting. Last night, Crawford ...
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Fight Report: Garcia vs Broner
The Event At the Barclays Center of Brooklyn, New York, highly regarded Mikey Garcia met perennial troublemaker Adrien Broner in a bout that came together unexpectedly, adding a ...
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The Big Mouth Factor
I’m not going to bullshit you. I’m going to tell it like it is. I don’t hold back. I don’t pull my punches. Here’s what I think. This ...
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Fight For The Falls Photo Gallery
Can Niagara Falls become a new centre for boxing action in North America? Lennox Lewis and Les Woods of Global Legacy Boxing believe so. “[The city] has all ...
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Broner vs Garcia: Reckoning Or Resurgence?
Upon hearing the news that Adrien Broner and Mikey Garcia are set to clash on July 29, the realization dawned on me: the reckoning of “The Problem” is at ...
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Next Step to Stardom: Spence vs Khan
Errol Spence Jr. is now a world champion, becoming one under circumstances not common to this generation of fighters. He took on the most talented welterweight in the ...
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Brook vs Spence: Closer to The Truth
Tomorrow night at Bramall Lane Ground in Sheffield, England, IBF welterweight titlist Kell Brook will defend his belt against fearsome up-and-comer Errol Spence Jr. If most fight fans ...
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Porter Defeats Berto: Time For Thurman vs Porter II
Multiple cuts and myriad head clashes couldn’t discourage Shawn Porter’s relentless onslaught against Andre Berto, resulting in a ninth-round stoppage win for “Showtime” that should lead to an anticipated ...
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Thurman-Garcia: The Fight City Picks
Saturday night in Brooklyn, WBA champion Keith Thurman and WBC boss Danny Garcia will unify the same welterweight titles Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns fought over in ...
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2016 Fight Of The Year
2016 Fight Of The Year Nominations: Carl Frampton W12 Leo Santa Cruz: Healthy contingents of both Irish and Mexican fight fans created a raucous atmosphere as Frampton and ...
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2016 Round Of The Year
Round of the Year Nominations: Carlos Cuadras vs Roman Gonzalez: Round 5 Adonis Stevenson vs Thomas Williams Jr.: Round 4 Keith Thurman vs Shawn Porter: Round 9 Orlando ...
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2016: The Nominees
Another year is in the books and it’s time to weigh-in on the major accomplishments in boxing for 2016. In many respects this was not a great year ...
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The Fight City’s Holiday Wish List
So today is Christmas Day and while not all of us celebrate it or sing praises to the babe in the manger, we can all get in the ...
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PBC’s Hard Lessons
Last week two high profile articles hit the web describing in almost grotesque detail the way Premier Boxing Champions—Al Haymon’s infamous boxing league—has been bled nearly dry. The ...
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Teddy Atlas: Boxing Is About Second Chances
Boxing is Teddy Atlas’ life. As a youngster he fought amateur bouts and was a Golden Gloves champion. Chronic back problems cut short his career and he moved ...
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Did Crawford vs Postol Belong On PPV?
It takes no courage whatsoever to say after the fact that a particular match-up did not deserve the build-up that it received. I am on record as saying ...
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The Weekend That Was
With two big cards happening in Brooklyn, NY and London, England, it was a lively weekend for pro boxing with several fights of major significance and a dash ...
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Thurman vs Porter: Preview & Picks
Boxing guru Al Haymon has taken more than a little heat for the lack of compelling match-ups on his Premiere Boxing Champions series. Indeed, many of the fight ...
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Custio Clayton: Global Ambition
Whether in Canada or elsewhere, there are few welterweight prospects whose talents match those of Custio Clayton. The Dartmouth, Nova Scotia native, who trains out of Club de Boxe de ...
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Superfight For Kell Brook?
Back in August of 2014, following an ugly contest marred by excessive clinching and frequent rabbit punches, Kell Brook supplanted Shawn Porter as IBF welterweight champion. The unbeaten underdog ...
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Adrien Broner: It’s Over
“You never could shoot, not from the very beginning.” “And you were all mouth.” I found this bit of dialogue from the end of “Butch Cassidy and The ...
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Fight Report: Brook vs Bizier
The Event Kell Brook is generally regarded as one of the best welterweights in the world, ranked behind only Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley. He holds the IBF ...
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Shawn Porter: “I Want To End It In One Round”
Former IBF welterweight champion “Showtime” Shawn Porter will be more than prepared for his fight against reigning WBA welterweight titleholder Keith “One Time” Thurman, if he has anything ...
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Lou DiBella: “I Would Love To Promote Wilder vs Fury”
Our correspondent at Saturday night’s Deontay Wilder vs Artur Szpilka event at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Chris Connor, got some interesting video of Wilder’s promoter, Lou DiBella, holding ...
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The Smartest Man In Boxing?
“Too #blessed to be stressed!! How all my people doin out there on this beautiful Monday??” These words appeared on Twitter last week and they came from the ...
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Dear Paulie
Dear Paulie, When I first learned you were fighting Danny Garcia, my concern for you almost matched my disappointment in Danny. After all, and despite his recent lackluster ...
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Fight Report: Porter vs Broner
Akron, Ohio can rest easy knowing that their brood, Shawn Porter, overcame a plethora of obstacles to defeat Adrien Broner by unanimous decision on NBC. Broner, a Cincinnati ...
